Actor Armie Hammer is facing accusations of sexual assault.y
Police launched an investigation after a woman came forth with allegations that he raped her for several hours and performed sexually violent acts on her. The "Social Network" star has denied the claims that his accuser, who identified herself as Effie, has now publicly shared.
"He abused me mentally, emotionally, and sexually," she said Thursday during a press conference held by her attorney, Gloria Allred, according to CNN.
Effie and Hammer were reportedly intimately involved from 2016 to 2020. Effie said he pushed her boundaries and grew "increasingly more violent" as time went on. Then, on April 24, 2017, he allegedly raped her for over four hours. He also reportedly committed violent acts that included using a crop to beat her feet to the point that she could not walk for the next week.
"I thought that he was going to kill me," Effie said.
"He repeatedly slapped my head against a wall bruising my face. He also committed other acts of violence against me to which I did not consent," Effie further stated, per Fox News.
Hammer's attorney, Andrew Brettler, dismissed her claims as "outrageous." All Hammer's interactions with her, as well as his other partners, "have been completely consensual, discussed, and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory," he said.
In a statement, Brettler said Effie sent his client "graphic texts" in which she told him "what she wanted him to do to her." He responded by "making it clear that he did not want to maintain that type of relationship" with her.
"It was never Mr. Hammer's intention to embarrass or expose [her] fetishes or kinky sexual desires, but she has now escalated this matter to another level by hiring a civil lawyer to host a public press conference," Brettler said in the statement that included a screenshot of a sexually-explicit text conversation between Hammer and Effie.
Evidence has been turned over to law enforcement, Allred said, adding that there were currently no plans to file a lawsuit.
"We do think it is important that an investigation of these serious allegations is conducted," she said. "We look forward to learning if Mr. Hammer, rather than his representatives, will be willing to assist investigators in their search for the truth."
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